TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
Greece will not be providing Ukraine with Leopard tanks, due to the strained relations between Greece and Turkey. Greece has the largest number of Leopard tanks in Europe, with approximately 350 Leopard 2s and 500 Leopard 1s.
France has announced the transfer of 12 CAESARs to Ukraine, with the French Defense Minister noting that Denmark will also be sending 19 of these unmanned aerial vehicles.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has announced that the first wave of aid to the country will include 120-140 modern Western tanks, such as Leopard 2, Challenger 2, and M1 Abrams tanks, with the expectation of receiving Leclerc tanks as well.
Two people, including a child, were killed and five others were injured when Russians attacked a residential area in Bakhmut.
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France will be sending 150 specialists to Poland to train 600 Ukrainian soldiers, according to the French Defense Minister. He also mentioned that France has no reservations about the possibility of supplying fighter jets to Ukraine, and the new aid package will be worth €200 million.
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U.S. border officials copy the contents of up to 10,000 phones and computers every year and save them to a big database for 15 years, as we first reported in September: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/15/government-surveillance-database-dhs/
Following pressure from Sen. Wyden, the agency, CBP, now says it's considering shrinking that 15-year save time and plans to give people more details about what they're doing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/31/abraham-accords-expand-with-cybersecurity-collaboration/
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North Texas is in the grip of an ice storm. Sleet, then freezing rain, then freezing temperatures. We won't be able to step out for a couple of days after that ... hopefully, it's the only storm this winter.
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Life is not a zero sum game. Learn to be genuinely, unconditionally happy for others. It’ll make you happier too.
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Published in 2016, this brilliant comic by artist Joe Dater somehow feels even more timely in 2023. #art
Florida students slam DeSantis' 'shocking' rejection of African American studies - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism https://www.rawstory.com/ron-desantis-education/
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Photography was a form of self expression that writing could never capture for Nichols, who wrote it helped him look "at the world in a more creative way" on his photography site.
Tyre Nichols was a beautiful soul, whom I relate to as a photographer & a person who's a sucker for sunsets, I know how much seeing the sun set in the horizon meant to him, every day is a different sunset though it may look the same to some, every day is a miracle of nature, of life.
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Donald Trump is going to prison - Palmer Report https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/donald-trump-is-going-to-prison-2/48767/
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Last Saturday was the official once-a-year quasi-holiday quintessential company party at the Museum of Flight. I'm pretty sure that this will be the last corporate event of my career. Sad, not sad. It was nice to loaf around the museum with my wife, which was the best part, actually. #MuseumofFlight #museum #airplanes #Boeing #Seattle #PNW #flight #history
https://www.museumofflight.org/
Here is some light news from GeeDawg I find rather amusing.
OnlyFans has blocked users from Russia from accessing the website.
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Even as Russia carries out the worst European atrocity of the century with literally thousands examples of rapes and other war crimes.
There are only two types of people: People who despise Putin and people who want to be Putin. Not tough to figure out which Trump is!
RT @stevebenen@twitter.com
The problem is not just that Trump sided with Putin over U.S. officials. It's that the Republican *keeps* siding with the Russian leader over U.S. officials. http://on.msnbc.com/40aN3XD
A MiG-31K fighter jet took off from the Savasleyka military airfield in Russia.
We are currently having some difficulty in determining the exact location of the MiG takeoff. We are working to resolve this issue, and we appreciate your patience. Our colleagues from Hajun_BY are visually and audibly recording the MiG-31K takeoff. The potential danger remains regardless of whether the MiG takes off in Belarus or over Russian territory.
The alarm was triggered for the same reason as the two before it - the MiG-31K taking off. The takeoff location is being identified. Furthermore, Belarusian observers have reported that the A-50U did not land in Belarus, so the location of the air defense system is being determined.
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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